This is an analysis of the poem A Fairy Tale that begins with:

On winter nights beside the nursery fire
We read the fairy tale, while glowing coals ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdbbebfecgbhiheXiddffjfjf ekXbXaXfXeXXgkdXeXXfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101010010 1101011101 1001010111 11010101001 1001010101 01010001101 1101011100 1100010101 11010011101 0101110101 0101010001 0101010111 1101010101 11100101010 0101000101 01011100111 1001010101 0101011101 0101010111 0101010101 0100 0101010101 0101010101 1100011101 1101010111 01001010001 1111111001 1101110100 0101010101 1111011111 0101011111 0111010101 1111010001 11011101010 01010100001 11010010101 1101100111 0101010001 1101111100 1111010100 010100011101 1101010101 1001011100 1101010101 1101110101 11010010101 0101011110 1011111101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1052
  • Average number of words per stanza: 177
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of A Fairy Tale;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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